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1、實(shí)用Unit1GhostsforTea'Tenpenceforaviewoverthebay'.saidtheoldmanwiththetelescope.'Lovelyclearmorning.Havealookattheoldlighthouseandtheremainsofthegreatshipwreckof1935.'Tenpencewassheerrobbery,buttheviewwascertainlymagnificent.Cliffsstretchedintothedistance,sparklingwaveswhippedbythewindwe
2、reunrollingontothebeach,andafewyachts,withcreamy-whitesails,werecurvinganddodginggracefullyonthesea.Justbelowaflockofseagullswerescreamingatoneanotherastheytwistedandglidedoverthewater.Amileouttosea,theoldlighthousestoodonastoneplatformontherocks,whichwerebeinggreedilylickedbythewaves.
3、InnowayindeeddidIgrudgemymoney.AsIdirectedthetelescopetowardsthelighthouse,themanbesidemetappedmywrist.'Haveyouheardabouttheterribletragedythatoccurredthereinthatlighthouse?'heaskedinahushedwhisper.'Iimaginetheremaybeplentyoflegendsattachedtosucha文檔實(shí)用dramatic-lookingplace',Isuggested.'
4、It'snolegend',declaredtheoldman.'Myfatherknewthetwomeninvolved.ltalltookplacefiftyyearsagoto-day.Letmetellyou.Hisvoiceseemedtogrowdeeperandmoredramatic.'Forawholeweekthatlighthousehadbeenisolatedbystorms',hebegan,'withterrifyingseassurgingandcrashingovertherocks.Peopleonshorewereanxiou
5、saboutthetwomenworkingthere.They'dbeenonthebestoftermsuntiltwoorthreeweeksbefore,whentheyhadquarreledovercardsinthevillageinn.MartinhadaccusedBlakeofcheating.Blakehadvowedtoavengetheinsulttohishonour.Butthankstothewiseadviceofamantheybothrespected,theyapologisedtoeachother,andsoonseeme
6、dtohavegotovertheirdisagreement.Butsomeslightresentmentandbitternessremained.anditwasfearedthatthestrainofcontinuedisolationandroughweathermightaffecttheirnerves,though,needlesstosay,theirfriendshadnoideahowserioustheconsequenceswouldbe.'Fiftyyearsagotonight,nolightappearedinthetower,a
7、ndonlyattwoo'clockinthemorningdidthebeamsuddenlystarttoflashoutitswarningagain.'Thenextmorningthelightwasstillvisible.Thestormhadalmostblownitself文檔實(shí)用out,soareliefboatsetouttoinvestigate.Agrimdiscoveryawaitedthecrew.Themen'sliving-roomwasinahorrifyingstate.Thetablewasover-turned:apac